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...even Mummy Brown is gone altogether. Geoffrey Roberson-Park, managing director of London's venerable C. Roberson color makers, regretfully admits that the firm has run out of mummies. "We might have a few odd limbs lying around somewhere," he apologized, "but not enough to make any more paint. We sold our last complete mummy some years ago for, I think, ?3. Perhaps we shouldn't have. We certainly can't get any more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techniques: The Passing of Mummy Brown | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

Atlanta Computer Programmer Dan Roberson says: "Almost everyone I know who's against Goldwater is afraid he'll lead the country into war. It's by far their biggest reason for being against him." Says a Republican physician from Vermont: "I don't like President Johnson's history of political dealings, but I just can't vote for Goldwater. The man is sincere, but he is dangerous in this day and age. I don't think he knows what he is going to say next, and you can't run a country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Issues: The Itchy-Finger Image | 9/25/1964 | See Source »

...broad jump, Mississippi's Ralph Boston, 21, complained about his form ("I still can't get my feet together"), but soared 26 ft. 7! in. to break by 2| in. the Olympic record Jesse Owens set in 1936. Fighting for second place, Army Lieut. Bo Roberson, 25. a former Cornell halfback, was trailing Russia's Igor Ter-Ovanesyan when he got off the greatest jump of his life on his last try to hit 26 ft. 7| in. for a silver medal. Watching his record broken by the two Americans. Owens cracked: "Well, there goes another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Olympics | 9/12/1960 | See Source »

...Army Lieut. Irvin Roberson, 24, onetime star Cornell halfback, jumped 25 ft. 9½ in. to break Jesse Owens' 25-year-old indoor broad-jump record by half an inch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wait Until August | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

...sixth race in two days, the low hurdles finals, he and Cornell's Bo Roberson ran nip and tuck for the first six hurdles as both pulled away from the rest of the field. Again Landau's conditioning proved the big margin as he pulled away and finished the race all by himself. His winning time of 22.9 seconds broke his day-old record, but was disallowed because of a trailing wind of five and one-half miles, one-half mile too much for an official record...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Landau Wins IC4A Crowns In Both Low, High Hurdles; Crimson Ties for Sixth Place | 6/3/1958 | See Source »

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